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re·viv·al

(rĭ-vī′vəl)

a. The act or an instance of reviving: the revival of a person who fainted.

b. The condition of being revived.

2. A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor after a period of obscurity or quiescence: a revival of colonial architecture; a revival of the economy.

3. A new presentation of an old play, movie, opera, ballet, or similar production.

a. A time of reawakened interest in religion.

b. A meeting or series of meetings for the purpose of reawakening religious faith, often characterized by impassioned preaching and public testimony.

5. Restoration to validity of something lapsed or set aside, such as a legal claim or status.

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revival

(rɪˈvaɪvəl)

1. the act or an instance of reviving or the state of being revived

2. an instance of returning to life or consciousness; restoration of vigour or vitality

3. a renewed use, acceptance of, or interest in (past customs, styles, etc): a revival of learning; the Gothic revival.

4. (Theatre) a new production of a play that has not been recently performed

5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a reawakening of faith or renewal of commitment to religion

6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) an evangelistic meeting or service intended to effect such a reawakening in those present

7. (Law) the re-establishment of legal validity, as of a judgment, contract, etc

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re•viv•al

(rɪˈvaɪ vəl)

n.

1. restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, or strength.

2. restoration to use, acceptance, or currency: the revival of old customs.

3. a new production of an old play.

4. a showing of an old motion picture.

5. a reawakening of interest in and care for religion.

6. an evangelistic service or a series of services to effect a religious awakening.

7. the act of reviving.

8. the state of being revived.

9. the reestablishment of legal force and effect.

[1645–55]

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Noun	1.	revival - bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revivification Renaissance, Renascence, rebirth - the revival of learning and culture regeneration - the activity of spiritual or physical renewal resurrection - a revival from inactivity and disuse; "it produced a resurrection of hope" resuscitation - the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration" betterment, improvement, advance - a change for the better; progress in development
	2.	revival - an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion revival meeting mass meeting, rally - a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

revival

noun

1. resurgence, picking up, improvement, rallying, comeback, upswing, turn for the better There is no chance of a revival in car sales.
resurgence decline, falling off, disappearance, extinction, suppression

2. reawakening, restoration, renaissance, renewal, awakening, resurrection, refreshment, quickening, rebirth, resuscitation, revitalization, recrudescence, reanimation, renascence, revivification a revival of nationalism and the rudiments of democracy

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

revival

noun

1. The act of reviving or condition of being revived:

reactivation, rebirth, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revitalization, revivification.

2. A continuing after interruption:

continuation, renewal, resumption, resurgence.

Translations

إحياء عَمَلٍ فَنّي قَديمبَعْث ، إحْياء، إنْعاشمَرْحَلَة إحْياء

nové uvedeníobrozeníoživení

genoplivelsenyopsætningvækkelse

Wiederaufleben Wiederaufnahme Wiederbelebung

αναβίωση

reanimación reestreno renacimiento reposición resurgimiento

renaissance renouveau reprise revival

ébredésfeléledés

endurlífgun; endurnÿjunendursÿningendurvakning

rinascita ripresa

gjenopptak vekkelse

nové uvedenieobrodenie

canlanmatekrar sahneye koymakyeniden rağbet bulma

再流行复兴复活苏醒重新上演

revival

[rɪˈvaɪvəl] N

1. (= bringing back) [of custom, usage] → recuperación f; [of old ideas] → resurgimiento m

2. (= coming back) [of custom, usage] → vuelta f; [of old ideas] → renacimiento m
the Revival of Learning (Hist) → el Renacimiento

3. (from illness, faint) → reanimación f

4. (Theat) [of play] → reposición f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

revival

[rɪˈvaɪv^əl] n

[interest] → regain m; [economy, trade] → reprise f

(in fashion, music) → regain m d'intérêt, revival m
revival in sth
the revival in classical music → le regain d'intérêt pour la musique classique, le revival de la musique classique

[faith] → renouveau m

[play] → reprise f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

revival

(= bringing back, of custom, usage) → Wiedererwecken nt, → Wiederauflebenlassen nt; (of old ideas, affair) → Wiederaufnehmen nt, → Wiederaufgreifen nt; (from faint, fatigue) → Wiederbeleben nt, → Wiederbelebung f; (of play) → Wiederaufnahme f; (of law) → Wiederinkrafttreten nt

(= coming back, return: of custom, old ideas etc) → Wiederaufleben nt; (from faint, fatigue) → Wiederbelebung f; there has been a revival of interest in … → das Interesse an … ist wieder wach geworden or ist wieder erwacht; the dollar experienced a slight revival → der Dollar verzeichnete wieder einen leichten Aufschwung; an economic revival → ein wirtschaftlicher Wiederaufschwung

(Rel) → Erweckung f; revival meeting → Erweckungsversammlung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

revival

[rɪˈvaɪv/əl] n (of person, business, play) → ripresa; (of faith, religion) → risveglio; (of custom, usage, restoration) → ripristino; (reappearance) → rinascita

revive

(rəˈvaiv) verb

1. to come, or bring, back to consciousness, strength, health etc. They attempted to revive the woman who had fainted; She soon revived; The flowers revived in water; to revive someone's hopes.

2. to come or bring back to use etc. This old custom has recently (been) revived.

reˈvival noun

1. the act of reviving or state of being revived. the revival of the invalid / of our hopes.

2. (a time of) new or increased interest in something. a religious revival.

3. (the act of producing) an old and almost forgotten play, show etc.

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In addition to the labor troubles, and the discontent of the farmers and of the remnant of the middle class, a religious revival had blazed up.

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She was horrified to think how near she had come to being guilty herself; she had been saved in the nick of time by a revival in the colored Methodist Church, a fortnight before, at which time and place she "got religion." The very next day after that gracious experience, while her change of style was fresh upon her and she was vain of her purified condition, her master left a couple dollars unprotected on his desk, and she happened upon that temptation when she was polishing around with a dustrag.

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There had been a "revival," and everybody had "got religion," not only the adults, but even the boys and girls.

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They found themselves in the midst of a revival of the drama.

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I will own that I am rather glad that sort of thing seems to be out of fashion now, and I think the directer and franker methods of modern fiction will forbid its revival. Thackeray was fond of such open disguises, and liked to greet his reader from the mask of Yellowplush and Michael Angelo Titmarsh, but it seems to me this was in his least modern moments.

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Like Dante or Bunyan, he has a revelation of another life; like Bacon, he is profoundly impressed with the unity of knowledge; in the early Church he exercised a real influence on theology, and at the Revival of Literature on politics.

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He happened to go into a revival meeting one night this spring and he got converted.

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combined with other events to promote the rapid restoration of learning in Italy; and with that recovery of learning the revival of an interest in the Fables of Aesop is closely identified.

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It was like going to revival meetings with someone who was always being converted.

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It was introduced by an old Italian publisher somewhere about the 15th century, during the Revival of Learning; and in those days, and even down to a comparatively late period, dolphins were popularly supposed to be a species of the Leviathan.

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In short, then, he remained at home fifteen days very quietly without showing any signs of a desire to take up with his former delusions, and during this time he held lively discussions with his two gossips, the curate and the barber, on the point he maintained, that knights-errant were what the world stood most in need of, and that in him was to be accomplished the revival of knight-errantry.

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That State (without waiting for the sanction of Congress, as the articles of the Confederation require) was compelled to raise troops to quell a domestic insurrection, and still keeps a corps in pay to prevent a revival of the spirit of revolt.